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INDIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2005 Haryana<br />
Havildar Dalip Singh and Assistant Sub-<br />
Inspector Mahabir of Loharu police station<br />
arrested a Dalit, Hari Singh, and allegedly<br />
tortured him to death inside the police<br />
station. His dead body was recovered from<br />
a deserted well on 10 July 2004 with<br />
multiple marks of torture. A medical<br />
board, which per<strong>for</strong>med a post-mortem<br />
examination, had <strong>report</strong>ed that he died due<br />
to severe beating. The police however<br />
refused to register a murder case. 6<br />
ii. Arbitrary arrest, detention and torture<br />
Torture is an integral part of law<br />
en<strong>for</strong>cement in Haryana. Police resort to<br />
torture to extract confessions or<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation, <strong>for</strong> extortion or simply to<br />
settle personal enmity.<br />
In early January 2004, a 20-year-old<br />
mentally ill destitute woman was allegedly<br />
beaten up by the police in the Palwal<br />
police station in Faridabad district. The<br />
activists of the Shakti Vahini, an NGO,<br />
rescued the destitute woman hailing from<br />
Madhya Pradesh. When the NGO activists<br />
handed over the women to the police <strong>for</strong><br />
sending her to the Nari Niketan, the police<br />
started beating her in front of them without<br />
any reason. 7<br />
In September 2004, Head Constable<br />
Rajender Singh Saini was arrested <strong>for</strong><br />
torturing Manish Kumar of Uttam Nagar,<br />
Rewari district on 24 March 2003. Manish<br />
Kumar was arrested <strong>for</strong> an alleged<br />
abduction of a teenaged girl. He was<br />
allegedly tortured by Head Constable<br />
Rajender Singh Saini, Assistant Sub-<br />
Inspector, Zile Singh and a few other<br />
policemen during detention. A medical<br />
<strong>report</strong> of the PGIMS, Rohtak confirmed<br />
that the victim had been grievously hurt<br />
during the “inhuman treatment”. The<br />
Punjab and Haryana High Court issued a<br />
directive ordering IG (Crime Branch),<br />
Haryana, to conduct a fresh investigation<br />
into the matter, following which Rajender<br />
Singh Saini was arrested. 8<br />
On 20 May 2004, Bhagwan Singh of<br />
Joshi village and his 20-year-old son<br />
Pawan Kumar were arrested by Assistant<br />
Sub-Inspector Mohindra Singh. They were<br />
allegedly tortured inhumanly during their<br />
illegal captivity in Matloda police station<br />
in Panipat district by Station House<br />
Officer Baali Singh, Assistant Sub-<br />
Inspector Mohindra Singh and four other<br />
Criminal Investigation Agency (CIA)<br />
staff. After torture, Bhagwan Singh was<br />
released on 21 May 2004 but his son was<br />
kept in illegal captivity. The SHO Baali<br />
Singh and ASI Mohindra Singh allegedly<br />
demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 <strong>for</strong> the<br />
release of his son. Pawan Kumar was<br />
taken to CIA staff near Panipat Devi<br />
Temple on 25 May 2004 where four police<br />
personnel allegedly did not spare even his<br />
private parts during torture. The NHRC<br />
directed to take actions against the guilty<br />
cops. 9<br />
On 14 May 2004, Rakesh, an army<br />
personnel from 65 Engineering Unit<br />
(Army) at Roorkee allegedly raped a<br />
woman in Sargathal village under Gohana<br />
Sadar police station of Sonepat district. He<br />
was arrested in July 2004. 10<br />
On 25 September 2004, a youth<br />
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